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2176a. Spheroides annulatiis politus (Girard). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, San Diego to Mazatlan. 



Tetrodon politus Girard, Pan. R. R. Surv., x, 340, 1858, San Diego, California. 



2177. Spheroides formosus (Giinther). 



Panama. 



Tetrodon formomis Giinther, Cat., viii, 283, 1870, South America. 



2178. Spheroides furthii (SteindacLner). 



Panama. 



Tetrodon furthii Steindachner, Ichth. Jieitr., v, 22, 1874, Panama. 



2179. Spheroides trichocephalus (Cope). 



Gulf Stream, off Newport. 



Tetrodon trichocephalus Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 120, Gulf Stream, 

 off Newport, Rhode Island. 



2180. Spheroides pachygaster (Miiller dL Troschel). 



Barbados. 



Tetrodon (Cheilichihys) pachj/qastcr Miiller & Troschel, in Schomburgk's Hist. 

 Barbados, 677, 1840, Barbados. 



Genus 678. OVOIDES Lac6pede. 



Les oroides Laccpcde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., i, 256, 1797 (fasce; French name 

 only; based on front view of Tetraodon stellatus). 



2181. Ovoides erethizon (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama and neighboring islands. 



Arothron erethizon Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1832, 631, Panama. 



2182. Ovoides setosus (Rosa Smith). 



West coast of Mexico; Revillagigedo Islands; Gulf of California. 

 Tetraodon setosus Rosa Smith, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci., ii, November 13, 1886, 6, 

 "Mexico." 



Genus 679. COLOMESITS Gill. 



Coloniesus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 422 (psittacus). 



2183. Colomesus psittacus (Blocli A Schneider). 



River mouths, Guiana and northern Brazil; Rio Branco, Essequibo, Mara- 



fiou, and Capin at Para; " West Indies." 

 Tetrodon psittacus Bloch &. Schneider. Syst. Ichth., 505, 1801, "Malabar." 



Family CLXXV. CANTHIGASTERIDiE. The Sharp-nosed Puffers. 



Genus 680. CANTKIGASTER Swainson. 



Canihigaster Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes, ii, 194, 1839 (diagnosis only; no 

 species mentioned; rostratus intended). 



2184. Canthigaster punctatissimus (Giinther). 



Pacific Coast of America, Gulf of California to Panama. 

 Tetrodon 2>inictatissimus Giinther, Cat., viii, 302, 1870, Panama. 



2185. Canthigaster rostratus (Bloch). 



West Indian fauna; Pensacola; Madeiras and Bermudas. 

 Tetrodon rostratus Bloch, Ichth., i, pi. 146, 1782, India. 



Family CLXXVI. DIODONTID.a]. The Porcupine-Fishes. 



Genus 681. TRICHODIOBON Bleeker. 



Trichodiodon Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., Gymnodoutes, 49, 1867 (jnlosus). 



2186. Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitchill). 



New York. 



JJiodoii pilosus Mitchill, Traus. Lit. Philos. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 471, supposed to 

 be from New York Harbor. 



